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Article: SCULPTURE, DRAWINGS AND 'DIME STORE DECO'
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 29, 1988
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A captivating show of Ellsworth Kelly's small sculpture at MIT's
Bakalar Sculpture Gallery in the List Visual Arts Center, through
March 27, reveals how organic energy galvanizes even the simplest
of geometric shapes.
The 10 pieces on display are modest in scale, monumental in
impact. The varied materials include honeycombed aluminum, walnut,
stainless steel, painted aluminum and USS COR-TEN steel. The works
often depend on subtle weights and balances such as a 1978
equilateral triangle with two of the corners cropped. Instead of
the angular tensions of the three sides, the object takes on an
expansive character, balanced on one of the corners like a dancer
executing a turn.
A dialogue ...